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<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-17ac748a-7fff-d97c-8b95-36b5200e17ad" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-sizefamily:large">'''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship:'''</span-webkit-standard;"> <span style="font-size:medium">The University of Richmond provides many valuable resources for students to learn and pursue their path of innovation and entrepreneurship. Our school has developed Living11pt; font-family: Arial; background-Learning Programs, such as Richmond Endeavor and Sophomore Scholars in Residence. Many professors also incorporate elements of innovation and entrepreneurship into their courses. So, many students are learning the concepts of color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship from their classes. Additionally, we hold inspirational events for students to engage with I&E in:</span></span> <span style="font-depthfamily: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, including speaker series0); color: rgb(0, symposiums0, and Jepson Leadership Forum. Our school also offers how0); text-align: justify;">The University of Richmond provides many valuable resources for students to workshops to teach students how to apply our knowledge to real-world contextslearn and pursue their path of innovation and entrepreneurship. Our Marketing and Communication strategies effectively help the school let students know these opportunities on campus. Mediaschool has developed Living-Learning Programs, such as Spiderbytes, UR Collegian Newspaper Richmond Endeavor and Forum Magazine, presents a clear image Sophomore Scholars in Residence. Many professors also incorporate elements of what students can learn innovation and achieve on campusentrepreneurship into their courses.</span> <span style="font-size:medium">The University of Richmond helps enable students’ passion So, many students are learning the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship from their classes. Additionally, we hold inspirational events for innovation and entrepreneurship by directly creating courses for this specific category in both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students themselves also create extracurricular activities related to students to engage with I&Ein-depth, including speaker series, symposiums, such as Entrepreneurship Club and Seeds ProjectJepson Leadership Forum. Students are encouraged Our school also offers how-to enhance their learning by participating in the Business Pitch Competition, Jepson Ethics Bowl, workshops to teach students how to apply our knowledge to real-world contexts. Our Marketing and more. The Career Service at Communication strategies effectively help the University of Richmond also offers school let students tour to the Virginia Startupsknow these opportunities on campus. Media, where many startups gather. More importantlysuch as Spiderbytes, the University of Richmond emphasizes how UR Collegian Newspaper and Forum Magazine, presents a clear image of what students apply what they have already learned to practicecan learn and achieve on campus. The school provides fundings called Richmond Guarantee for students to start research with professors and internships at different corporations. There are hundreds of places where students gain hands</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-on experiences, such as brainstorming activitiesspace: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, group projects0, experiments0); color: rgb(0, prototypes0, and technical training. In addition to the spaces on campus, student employment offers students to experience the real-life work environment and 0); text-align: justify;">The University of Richmond helps them get ready enable students’ passion for innovation and entrepreneurship by directly creating courses for their professional careers after graduationthis specific category in both undergraduate and graduate levels.</span><br/><br/><span style="font-size:large">'''Encouraging faculty innovation Students themselves also create extracurricular activities related to I&E, such as Entrepreneurship Club and entrepreneurship:'''</span><br/><span style="fontSeeds Project. Additionally, students have access to a variety of extracurricular mentorship organizations, both social and professional, that foster personal growth while at the university. Some of these organizations are major or interest-size:medium;">The University of Richmond can be characterized as specific, while others have a place where faculty are more recently being supported and urged broader focus on adjusting to be entrepreneurialuniversity life. While this is true, there seems to be more short term institutional support compared to long-term. Just last yearExamples of these organizations include Alpha Sigma Kappa (Women in STEM), the Robins School of Business opened Mentoring Program, and so on.  Students are encouraged to enhance their learning by participating in extracurricular competitions such as the EY Innovation Lab which is intended for student Business Pitch Competition, Jepson Ethics Bowl, and faculty usemore. The purpose is for faculty and Career Services at the University of Richmond also offers students alike tour to have a creative space with unique needs such as all whiteboard wallsthe Virginia Startups, where many startups gather. Because of thisMore importantly, faculty in the business school the University of Richmond emphasizes how students apply what they have often opted already learned to hold classes in practice through the room Richmond Guarantee and urge students to really take advantage of itby serving in the community. AdditionallyFor example, while there is a spatial analysis lab and various departmental research labssome student organizations, there are no related graduate or certificate programs. Furthermoresuch as Lakeside Consulting Group, there is a Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship Faculty Committee which is led by leverage students talents for the Office good of the President. While faculty are more recently being pushed towards entrepreneurship and innovation, students at the University of greater Richmond seem community by offering their services to have more support local business. The school provides fundings called Richmond Guarantee for students to participate in research with professors and encouragement in this realminternships at different corporations. It is also During their time at Richmond, there are hundreds of note that the Robins School of Business may be pushed more heavily in this directionplaces where students can gain hands-on experiences, such as brainstorming activities, group projects, experiments, prototypes, and technical training.<br/></span><br/><span style="font-size:large">'''Actively supporting In addition to the university technology transfer function:'''</span><br/><br/><br/><span style="fontspaces on campus, student employment offers students to experience the real-life work environment and helps them get ready for their professional careers after graduation, beyond what Career Services programming offers. Career consulting, mock interviews, on-size:large">'''Facilitating university-industry collaboration:'''campus recruiting, and resume checks are all facilitated by Career Services with the aim of providing students with internship and job opportunities </span>  <span style="font-sizefamily:large"><span style="Arial; font-size:medium"11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">The University of Richmond currently has 2 sustained options that prepare students for long term ventures. The Business Pitch Compeition Encouraging faculty innovation and the McWick Case Competition provide students with the opportunity to either develop sensible, sound business plan or evaluate a business case. Both opportunities provide students a short term learning experience that aids in skill development. Both projects project monetary prizesentrepreneurship:</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, but to our knowledge these prizes are not enough to sustain or kick0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-start a fullly fleshed out venture. align: justify;">The University of Richmond currently lacks and infastructure that provides seed, venture or capital funding for individaul students ventures outside of academic research. Although can be characterized as a varitey of funds place where faculty are available for academic research, these funds are typically awarded on the basis of stringent requirements being met and mostly do not appeal more recently being supported and urged to students who posess the interest in developing a long-term business or venturebe entrepreneurial. The University of Richmond does not maintain a technology transfer office of any sort as it does not seem fesaible for the University While this is true, there seems to operate with limited patents, copyrights, inventionsbe more short-term institutional support compared to long-term. Just last year, etc that are a result the Robins School of University design.&nbsp;</span><br/>&nbsp;</span><br/><br/><span style="font-size:large">'''Engaging Business opened the EY Innovation Lab which is intended for student and faculty use. The purpose is for faculty and students alike to have a creative space in which to brainstorm and prototype their ideas, with regional and local economic development efforts:'''</span> <span style="font-size:medium">The University of Richmond approaches regional and local innovation and entrepreneurship unique features such as all whiteboard walls and plenty of screen space. Because of this, faculty in very limited ways. Upon review, the University business school have often opted to hold classes in the room and urge students to take advantage of Richmond offers connections with a variety of regional innovation opportunities it. Additionally, while there is a Spatial Analysis lab and networks such as the Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forumvarious departmental research labs, and Feast RVAthere are no related graduate or certificate programs. These networks and organizations provide some resources to University of Richmond studentsFurthermore, but looking at current student outcomes, it seems that these services and networks there is a Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship Faculty Committee which is led by the Office of the President. While faculty are not highly utilized or even highlighted or pointed out to more recently being pushed towards entrepreneurship and innovation, students who might possesses an interest in exploring or developing a startup culture after at the completion University of the undergraduate studies.</span><br/><br/><br/>Richmond seem to have more support and encouragement in this realm. It is also of note that the Robins School of Business may be pushed more heavily in this direction.<br/span><br/><br/p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br/><br/span id="docs-internal-guid-17ac748a-7fff-d97c-8b95-36b5200e17ad" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating university-industry collaboration:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The University of Richmond provides opportunities for students to engage innovation and entrepreneurship in a number of different ways. The most significant is through the various departmental lab spaces that are available for student use on campus. Frequently, students in Arts and Sciences courses utilize these research spaces to develop something new. The Digital Research and Spatial Analysis labs also provide opportunities for students to engage in cutting edge-research. UR also dedicates $2 Million each year in Natural Sciences Research Grants for undergraduate students. These are great resources for current students; however, these resources are not extended to alumni use. Post-graduation, the University does not provide much opportunity for students to engage innovation. There are currently no resources related to raising capital at the university, although it is surrounded both regionally and locally by a number of venture capital firms. In general, most students do not utilize the limited networks that are available for their development, if they are aware that those networks exist. For example, if a student wishes, they may reach out to members of the Alumni Network for support, advice, and potential job or internship opportunities. However, it is suspected that not many students take advantage of these opportunities. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><br/><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts:&nbsp;</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-17ac748a-7fff-d97c-8b95-36b5200e17ad" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Richmond approaches regional and local innovation and entrepreneurship in very limited ways. Upon review, the University of Richmond offers connections with a variety of regional innovation opportunities and networks such as the Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forum, and Feast RVA. These networks and organizations provide some resources to University of Richmond students, but looking at current student outcomes, it seems that these services and networks are not highly utilized or even highlighted or pointed out to students who might possesses an interest in exploring or developing a startup culture after the completion of the undergraduate studies.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">The University of Richmond approaches regional and local innovation and entrepreneurship in very limited ways. Upon review, the University of Richmond offers connections with a variety of regional innovation opportunities and networks such as the Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forum, and Feast RVA. These networks and organizations provide some resources to University of Richmond students, but looking at current student outcomes, it seems that these services and networks are not highly utilized or even highlighted or pointed out to students who might possesses an interest in exploring or developing a startup culture after the completion of the undergraduate studies.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">The University has implemented some initiatives to have greater regional impact, which could possibly act as outlets for entrepreneurship and innovation in the university community. The biggest initiative of the university to engage with the greater community is through UR Downtown, which offers students a 'shared learning environment and platform for engaging together in the heart of a diverse metropolitan area.' It is meant to support cross-sector collaboration and economic impact in the Richmond City, and also facilitate new learning opportunities using Richmond's entrepreneurial, governmental and legal hubs downtown.&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">UR also has the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement to connect students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders in social change efforts utilizing the knowledge and potential of these communities. Bonner Scholars are named, and do social work in the area. 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